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walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: please welcome t.c. boyle back to this program. the perennial new york times best selling author is again on the times' list with his latest, called "san miguel." he continues his post at the english department at usc. good to have you back on this program. >> thanks. tavis: do you want to talk about the book first or politics first? >> whenever you want to talk about is fine with me. tavis: are you happy that last night was the last debate? >> i certainly am. tavis: what do you make of the fact that these races for the white house seemed to be perennial campaigns? if you lose, like romney did last time, the campaign continues. if you win, like obama did, the campaign continues. >> i think we need to change the constitution. there should be 16-year term. -- one 6-year term. i have a whole five-point plan to reinvigorate america. tavis: give me more. >> i w
walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: please welcome t.c. boyle back to this program. the perennial new york times best selling author is again on the times' list with his latest, called "san miguel." he continues his post at the english department at usc. good to have you back on this program. >> thanks. tavis: do you...
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. >> the u.s. ambassador in damascus joins us. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> the last cease-fire never really existed. is there any reason to think this will be different? >> the trend in hund -- the trend in syria has been very negative. neither side believes the other will honor a cease-fire. i am pretty sure that both sides think the other will gain advantage from it. even if they agree to it from -- agree to it nominally, i have little confidence it will take hold, even four days. >> live with the syrian government agree to it? >> they might agree to it because their russian and chinese patrons have joined the un in calling for the cease- fire. they do not want to be blamed as the ones who refuse or obstructed it. and it is always possible to manufacture an incident. and there is a splinter-like group that has already said it is a filthy idea and they will not go along with it. >> what could it look like politically in syria? >> you have to be willing to sit down with your enemies. of the opposition has ruled out sitting down
. >> the u.s. ambassador in damascus joins us. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> the last cease-fire never really existed. is there any reason to think this will be different? >> the trend in hund -- the trend in syria has been very negative. neither side believes the other will honor a cease-fire. i am pretty sure that both sides think the other will gain advantage from it. even if they agree to it from -- agree to it nominally, i have little confidence it will take hold,...
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that u.s. troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with that and said we should some number of troops stay on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture and mine as well. you th ght it should have been 5,000 troops. i thought it should have been s more troops. the answer was we got no troops whatsoever. >> just a few weeks ago you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. >> i'm sorry. i indicated... >> warner: last november, joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey told a senate committee the obama administration wanted to keep about 3,000 troops in iraq if there had been a status of for
that u.s. troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with...
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. >> just then a live pictures out of indianapolis a piano or u.s. senate candidate richard murdock and will be holding a press conference momentarily to discuss further details the comments that he made during the debate last night. he said that pregnancy from rape is something that god intended. the question came at the end of the bay and ask whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest. he paused for a moment and said " i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize that life is a gift from god and even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape is something that god intended to have been " -- have bppen romney is supported at murdoch and his run for scented ends came out this morning and said he disagrees with richard murdoch's comment and it does not reflect his views. will this affect the senate seat that is for grabs in indiana? we will let you find out and bring you his response to that this morning. >> the maker of social media games such as farm bill says airborne to cut about 5% of their work for
. >> just then a live pictures out of indianapolis a piano or u.s. senate candidate richard murdock and will be holding a press conference momentarily to discuss further details the comments that he made during the debate last night. he said that pregnancy from rape is something that god intended. the question came at the end of the bay and ask whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest. he paused for a moment and said " i struggled with it myself for a long time...
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and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound startling to say in our present red-bl divided partian vironmenbut thinwe have two impressive people running for president. they're both knowledgeable. they're both very smart about the issues. both of them have been successful in nearly everything they've tried in their professional lives. president obama was clearly the more knowledgeable and nuanced and even some's ticketed in the way he describedded the challenges to us on the foreign policy and national security landscape. i thought that governor romney had a very strong moment in the debate, a very good moment when he tied together our domestic economy an
and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound startling to say in our present red-bl divided partian vironmenbut thinwe have two...
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more than 20% of u.s. homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, meaning they owe more than the value of their home and some 950,000 homes are in the process of being foreclosed on currently. last october, mitt romney took a largely hands-off approach to the problem. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run it's course and hit the bottom. >> brown: but by january, the republican hopeful was quoted by "the new york times" as saying, "the idea that somehow this is going to cure itself, all by itself, is unreal." in a republican primary debate >> if he is reelected i'm convinced you will see the value of your homes going to the basement and qualifyings for a mortgage will be difficult as >> brown: the obama administration has made several attempts to address the housing problem, with only limited success. more than one million people have received a permanent loan modification through one key initiative, but that's far short of the three million plus that it was expected to help. last febr
more than 20% of u.s. homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, meaning they owe more than the value of their home and some 950,000 homes are in the process of being foreclosed on currently. last october, mitt romney took a largely hands-off approach to the problem. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run it's course and hit the bottom. >> brown: but by january, the republican hopeful was quoted by "the new york times" as saying, "the idea that...
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and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. my plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks. that was president bush that wrote the first checks. i disagree with that. i said these companies need go through a managed bankruptcy and in that process they can get government help and government guarantees but they need to go through a bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden that they had built up. and -- >> governor romney, that's not what you said. >> you can take a look -- >> governor romney, you did not say that you would provide government help. >> i said we would provide guarantees and that was what was able to allow these companies to go through bankruptcy to come out of bankruptcy under no circumstances would i do anything other than to help this industry get on its feet. and the idea that has been sulingdz that i would liquidate the industry, of course not. of course not. >> let's check the record. >> i have never said -- >> let's check the record. >> that
and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. my plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks. that was president bush that wrote the first checks. i disagree with that. i said these companies need go through a managed bankruptcy and in that process they can get government help and government guarantees but they need to go through a bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden that they had built up. and -- >>...
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we gave $94,000 back to the u.s. treasury. >> moderator: let's take a look at a nod now that targets rick nolan. >> and 70s disco was sacked teen and a rick nolan was given self-pay racism pushed a bill to eliminate medicare. that's right, eliminate. no nolan says his more radical. i suppose the planet slashes medicare by $700 billion. defeat sunday. he is still running. >> moderator: we can all agree disco was king and 1970s. but as for the rest of it come you about a publication in the last debate that rick nolan did go to races on pay. cravaack: heated races pay four times in six years, but this pay up to 50% of what it was before. during the same time. we saw congressman nolan basically not show up for work. $60 million out of medicare. that's true. the obamacare -- >> moderator: money is not coming from beneficiaries. cravaack: we are probably seeing is at a $760 million to pay for obamacare. we have a plan. unfortunately, democrats do not have a plan other than let it go bankrupt in 2022. so the ad was pretty a
we gave $94,000 back to the u.s. treasury. >> moderator: let's take a look at a nod now that targets rick nolan. >> and 70s disco was sacked teen and a rick nolan was given self-pay racism pushed a bill to eliminate medicare. that's right, eliminate. no nolan says his more radical. i suppose the planet slashes medicare by $700 billion. defeat sunday. he is still running. >> moderator: we can all agree disco was king and 1970s. but as for the rest of it come you about a...
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of a team of skilled policy advocates driving a remarkable turnaround that has already changed the u.s. political landscape. >> warming isn't, in fact, accelerating. in fact, there's been none for 15 years. >> hockenberry: there's christopher monckton, a big draw at these meetings, who brings the skeptics to their feet every time. >> god bless america. >> hockenberry: republican congressman james sensenbrenner of wisconsin, vice chairman of the use science committee. >> paul krugman accused my colleagues and me of treason against the planet. (laughter) >> hockenberry: there's chris horner from the competitive enterprise institute... >> ...economic salvation. this is our way out. >> hockenberry: and james taylor, senior fellow at the heartland institute, organizer of this gathering. >> the debate indeed is over. in the years prior to 2007, the 2008 elections, we actually heard from many folks that we should tone it down on global warming, we should not talk about the issue, because the court of public opinion had already decided and we were on the losing end. but we believe that if we p
of a team of skilled policy advocates driving a remarkable turnaround that has already changed the u.s. political landscape. >> warming isn't, in fact, accelerating. in fact, there's been none for 15 years. >> hockenberry: there's christopher monckton, a big draw at these meetings, who brings the skeptics to their feet every time. >> god bless america. >> hockenberry: republican congressman james sensenbrenner of wisconsin, vice chairman of the use science committee....
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for u.s. citizens first. >> as governor of new mexico, i ran completely outside of the political system. i got elected governor, republican governor in a state that was two to one democrat and made a name for myself vetoing legislation. i may have vetoed more legislation than the other 49 governors in the country combined. i vetoed 750 bills, i had thousands of line item vetoes. [applause] it made a difference when it came to billions of dollars worth of spending, it made a difference when it came to laws that would have told you or i what we could or couldn't do in the bedroom. >> host: on gary johnson, "the washington post" reports this morning that he will appear on the ballot in 48 states including some key battlegrounds with independent streaks where his blend of fiscal conservativism and libertarian social views could make him a compelling alternative for conservative voters not wedded to voting for governor romney. and then in colorado, new hampshire and nevada in particular johnson cou
for u.s. citizens first. >> as governor of new mexico, i ran completely outside of the political system. i got elected governor, republican governor in a state that was two to one democrat and made a name for myself vetoing legislation. i may have vetoed more legislation than the other 49 governors in the country combined. i vetoed 750 bills, i had thousands of line item vetoes. [applause] it made a difference when it came to billions of dollars worth of spending, it made a difference...